Squeegee device for applying liquids to surfaces



J. DUFFY April 16, 1929.

SQUEEGEE DEVICE FOR AEPL' YING LIQUIDS TO SURFACES Filed July 11, 1927 Patented Apr. 16, 1929.

JOSEPH nurrY, or Lennon, ENGLAND.

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Application filed July 11, 1927, Serial No. 204,976, and in Great Britain August 24, 1926. i

This invention relates to a squeegee device for applying liquids to surfaces. The de-' more handles so that it can be moved to and fro as required. It is preferable to provide the under edges of the frame or box with strips of resilient or pliable material such as india rubber, which may be arranged in single or multiple form on the said edges and the box may be provided with a suitable cover, if desired.

Amongst the advantages of the squeegee according to this invention are that the liquid is held together. and is not unduly spread, such holding together keeping the liquid hot for a long time and the weight of the liquid is helpful in pressing it into the said spaces or crevices.

I will describe my invention with reference to the example shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein Fig. 1 is a perspective illustration of a box squeegee constructed in accordance with the invention, and the viewsfin Figs. 2 and 3, are fragmentary views of the lower portion of a wall of a box such as that shown in Fig. l, to which a single strip (Fig. 2) of india rubber, or two strips (Fig. 3) of this material, have been applied.

Referring to Fig. 1, the receptacle comprises front, back and side walls a, a and side walls I), b strengthened at the corners 0 by angle plates (Z. A handle 6 is carried by a stirrup formed by members f, f, pivoted to the lower edge of the receptacle by bolts g. India rubber strips h are attached to the lower edges of the walls and may be a single strip as shown at h in Fig. 2, or may be of double form as that shown at it, Fig.

8. The rubber or flexible strips are secured within recesses'formed in the lower edges of the sides'of the box-like frame.

A suitable cover may be hinged or otherwise used in conjunction with the rectangular box-like receptacles having the squeegees.

In use, for roadways constructed of'paving blocks the hot liquid compound is poured into the receptacle and the same moved to and fro over the surface to be 1 treated, so that, partly due to the weight of the liquid in the receptacle. and partly to the action of the flexible strips on the lower edges of the receptacle, and partly to the good'retention of theheat by the mass, the

liquid penetrates into the crevices between the paving blocks in a highly efiicient manner.

I have shown a rectangular receptacle for the hot bitumen compound but any other convenient box-like shape which is bottomless may be employed" and other constructional details of the box may vary as desired, as the flexible strips may be otherwise attached to the lower edges of the rectangular frame to project beyond said lower edges and form a support for the aforesaid receptacle. v V

What I claim is v 1. A squeegee for applying liquids to surfaces, more particularly road surfaces, comprising a substantially rectangular frame adapted to receive the liquid, a stirrup member pivoted to and adapted to be swung over the frame and carrying a handle and strips of resilient material such as india rubber provided at each of the under edges of the frame. I

2. A deviceof the character and for the purpose set forth comprising an open bot tom frame, the'lower edges of each of the sides and ends having attached thereto strips of resilient material which project beyond the lower edges of the receptacle, the front and rear strips serving as spreaders when the receptacle contains fluid bitumen, which material is spread upon asurface by a reciprocating movement of the frame.

3. A device for applying liquid bituminous material to road surfaces comprlsing a bottomless rectangular receptacle, reslhent strips attached to each of the lower edges of Which is adapted to contain fluid surfacing the receptacle and projecting beyond said material, the lower edges of the receptacle 10 edges, and a handle secured to the sides of having attached thereto parallel resilient the frame pivotally, the connecting means strips which extend below the front and 5v being adjacent to the lower edge of the rerear lower edges of the frame and serve as ceptacle. spreaders when the receptacle is moved. 4. A device for applying a surface to In testimony WhereofI afiix my signature. r'oadbeds comprising a bottomless receptacle JOSEPH DUFFY. i 

